Hairpin



t. M. SUTHERLAND.

HAIRPIN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2,1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May it i921,

Application filed January 2, 1918. Serial No. 209,984.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH M. SUTHER- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements inHairpins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles and it is the principalobject-of the invention to provide an improved form of hair pin formedin a manner such as will prevent accidental disengagement and theresultant displacement of the same from the hair of a user, thus,insuring the holding of the hair in dressed form.

The improvementsin the details and arrangement of parts will be apparentfrom an inspection of the accompanying drawings, in connection with thespecific description hereinafter contained, and wherein the preferredembodiment of the invention is disclosed for the purpose of imparting afull understanding of the same.

In the drawing I have shown a side elevation of the improved hair, pin.

Having more particular reference to the drawing, in connection withwhich like reference characters will designate corresponding parts, 1represents the hair pin in its entirety, the same, of course, beingformed of a length of wire or other similar pliable material bentintermediate its ends to provide oppositely disposed leg portions 2.Portions of the legs are bent inwardly and arranged in opposite relationas indicated by the numerals 3 and 4:, it being noted that the inwardlybent portions 3 are crimped as at 5 so that the concaved portions of theintermediate crimps or kinks are adjacent each other, while the inwardlybent portions 4 are crimped as at 6 so that the intermediate crimps orkinks have the convex portions thereof arranged adjacent each other,thus providing a pair of longitudinally disposed hair receiving pocketswhereby positive engagement of the hair pin with the hair of a user willbe insured. i It will be also noted, that by arranging the convexportions of the intermediate kinks of the portions 4: adjacent eachother that the way between the leg portions 2 of the pin will beconstricted to a greater extent than that portion of the same betweenthecrimped sides 5; thus, affording an effectual locking means which whenengaged with the hair of a user will positively prevent accidentaldisarrangement or displacement of the pin with relation thereto.However, due to the curving of the crimps in the portions 3 and 4, itwill be readily understood that the pin may be easily disengaged fromthe hair of a user by pulling the same outwardly; the hair moving easilybetween the several constricted portions of the way betweenthe legs 2.The pin of course, may be equally as easily engaged with the hair due tothis arrangement.

Manifestly,the construction shown is capable of considerablemodification and such modification as is within the scope of my claim, Iconsider within the spirit of my invention.

I claim A hair pin comprising a wire bent at its mid length to form twoequal and parallel legs, each of said legs being bent inwardly at spacedapart points to form two minor sections and three parallel majorsections, the minor sections lying in a plane Within that of the majorsections, said major sections being of substantiallythe same length, theinner minor sections being centrally crimped to form outer laterallyspaced corrugations, and the outer minorsections centrally crimpedinwardly to form contacting bearings, and crimped outwardly on oppositesides of said bearingsto form outer corrugations.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature hereto.

ELIZABETH M. SUTlE-IERLAND.

